Jafar Sharif-Emami

Jafar Sharif-Emami (9 September 1910-16 June 1998) was Prime Minister of Iran from 31 August 1960 to 5 May 1961, succeeding Manouchehr Eghbal and preceding Ali Amini, and from 27 August to 6 November 1978, succeeding Jamshid Amouzegar and preceding Gholam Reza Azhari.

Biography
Jafar Sharif-Emami was born in Tehran, Iran on 9 September 1910 to a Shia Muslim clerical family, and he was educated in Germany and Sweden. In 1943, he was arrested by the Allied Powers during World War II for his ties to Nazi Germany while working as a railroad engineer, and he later became director of the irrigation agency. He served in several cabinet positions during the 1950s, and he served as Minister for Foreign Affairs in 1960 and as President of the Senate from 1964 to 1978. From 1960 to 1961 and in 1978, Sharif-Emami served as Prime Minister, and his second term saw him reopen casinos across Iran, abolish his own fascist Resurgence Party, and legalize all other parties once more. Sharif-Emami was forced to resign as the Iranian Revolution escalated, and he died in exile in New York City, United States in 1998.